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Amundsen's South Pole expedition. Roald Amundsen and his team at the South Pole, looking at the Norwegian flag. From left to right are Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), Helmer Hanssen (1870-1956), Sverre Hassel (1876-1928) and Oscar Wisting (1871-1936). The team reached the South Pole on the 14th December 1911, over a month before the British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. Photographed in December 1911.